General mechanism analysis package
Abstract
The general mechanism analysis package at Sandia National Laboratories is described. This group of computer programs assists the project engineer in the dynamic analysis and design of mechanical devices. A general impact model has been developed to model all higher pair contacts. This enables the program to model virtually all planar mechanisms. Most of the input data to the simulation program is prepred from the existing design data base by a preprocessor (computer) program. The output of the program can be displayed dynamically on a refresh graphics terminal allowing the engineer to view the motion of the mechanism.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8327060E
- Keywords:
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- Angular Momentum;
- Computer Aided Design;
- Computer Graphics;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Data Bases;
- Mechanical Engineering;
- Equations Of Motion;
- File Maintenance (Computers);
- Input/Output Routines;
- Kinematics;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Structural Design Criteria;
- Engineering (General)